Barry Westling

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Making field trips and guest speakers a part of instruction

Brandi, Great! The beauty of the field trip is this exact outcome: energized and motivated students! Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Setting up a grading system

Kevina, Even if instructors just "ballpark" a grade, they are providing valuable feedback to students. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Selecting instructional media

Lisa, Variety rules when it comes to media. Keeping students Interested, engaged and satisfied with the instructional process is a smoother process when variety is used, along with shorter segments of one particular delivery method. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Using pretests as planning tools

Kevina, I think prior knowlege of student performance level assists instructors fine tune their lesson plans. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Making field trips and guest speakers a part of instruction

Kevina, The ability to ask questions of good guest speakers has been a huge success for me. Students are often quite bold and unintimidated asking questions -- and the responses often inspire. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Developing instructional backup plans

Cynthia, Good tip! I agree, students like hearing about the work setting they're studying for. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Selecting instructional media

Cynthia, Engaging sincere but tired students takes diligence by both instructor and class. Stories that have a message related to topic are always a good way to get inside the students mind, and as a result, more apt to produce meaninful discussions and memorable lesson material. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Using a teaching journal

Berenice, This is a great method to reinforce your successes, and a way to recall information that can be repeated at a subsequent class. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Organized and prepared to teach

Cynthia, Well, you describe both extremes very well. The benefits to an organized preparation for class are clearly exemplified here. Barry Westling

Barry Westling

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Organized and prepared to teach

Lisa, Yes, each class is dynamic. With thorough preparation we enable ourselves to be flexible, yet remain structured in order to "go with the flow" with the direction the class takes. Barry Westling